Canadian three-times Olympic champion Summer McIntosh set a world record in the women’s 400 metres freestyle at the Canadian Swimming Trials in Victoria, British Columbia, on Saturday.

The 18-year-old clocked 3:54.18 to better Australian Ariarne Titmus’ mark of 3:55.38 set at the 2023 World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.

“Going into tonight, I knew that my training has been really good these past few months, and I knew that I could do something special,” McIntosh told public broadcaster CBC.

“So being able to input my training in doing that – I didn’t think my training would be 54.1 but I’m really happy with that.”

Bad starts in Grand Slam finals are nothing new for Carlos Alcaraz, and each time it’s happened he has won the tournament anyway.

But not in such dramatic style as Sunday’s French Open final, however, when the Spaniard rallied from two sets down and saved three match points to beat Jannik Sinner 4-6, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (10-2) for his fifth major title in as many finals.

It was his second straight French Open title with a comeback, after trailing 2-1 in sets to Alexander Zverev in last year’s final, and a third major title from behind, following his five-set win against Novak Djokovic in the 2023 Wimbledon final.

India’s impressive run at the Taiwan Athletics Open 2025 continued as Rohit Yadav clinched gold in men’s javelin throw on the second day of the event on Sunday.

Rohit, a two-time National champion, started strongly with a throw of 71.46, which took him to second after the first round.

The 24-year-old climbed to the top spot with his second attempt of 74.25m and then threw 74.42m in his last attempt to mark his lead with the gold medal.

In the women’s 400m hurdles, Vithya Ramraj reigned supreme with a timing of 56:53, taking India’s gold medal tally to eight in the two-say athletics meet.

Meanwhile, Yashas Palaksha won silver in 400m men’s hurdles.

In Women’s Single at the French Open Tennis 2025, American tennis star Coco Gauff defeated world number one Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-4 in a thrilling final last night, clinching her maiden Roland Garros title and second Grand Slam crown.

With this victory, the 21-year-old became the first American woman to win the singles title in Paris since Serena Williams in 2015 and the youngest from the US to do so since Williams in 2002. Sabalenka, appearing in her third consecutive Grand Slam final but first on clay, started strong with aggressive net play and drop shots to lead 4-1 in the opening set.

Gauff’s triumph also marked the first time since the 2018 Australian Open that the top two women in the world rankings met in a Grand Slam final. Having previously lifted the 2023 US Open trophy, she now joins an elite club with Slam titles on both hard and clay courts. The victory marks world number two Gauff’s second Grand Slam title and her first major triumph on clay. Gauff also became the youngest player to win both the French Open and US Open women’s singles titles since Serena Williams achieved the feat in 2002.

In the French Open Tennis 2025, the second-seed Italian pair Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini have won the Women’s Doubles crown. The pair defeated Kazakhstan’s Anna Danilina, paired with Serbia’s Aleksandra Krunic, 6-4, 2-6, 6-1 for the title in the final today.

In the Men’s Singles, defending champion Carlos Alcaraz will face World No. 1 Jannik Sinner for the crown later today. Alcaraz outlasted Lorenzo Musetti, who had to retire with a leg injury in their semifinal clash, while Sinner whizzed past Novak Djokovic in straight sets.

The India Pavilion, christened Bharat Mandap, has emerged as one of the top five most admired pavilions at the ongoing World Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan, according to Yamamoto-san, Deputy Pavilion Director and representative of the Japan Travel Bureau (JTB). Competing alongside pavilions from the United States, Italy, France, and Japan, Bharat Mandap has captivated visitors with its seamless blend of India’s ancient cultural heritage and modern aspirations, earning praise from Expo officials, Japanese locals, and global social media audiences.

For the first time, the Ministry of Culture has taken the helm in curating the India Pavilion, a responsibility previously held by the Ministry of Commerce. The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) was appointed as the nodal agency to design and execute this international showcase, which will remain open to the public until October 13. Dr. Sachchidanand Joshi, Member Secretary of IGNCA, described the Pavilion as a “comprehensive reflection of India’s ancient knowledge systems, modern technological aspirations, and growing global footprint.”

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi completes 11 years of his tenure, senior Advocate and former President of Supreme Court Bar Association Adish Aggarwala has come up with a book capturing this journey.

The book titled ‘Modi’s Niti Shastra: The World’s His Oyster’ reflects upon the Prime Minister’s transformative impact in politics, economics, social equity, citizen welfare, national security, and governance.

Home Minister Amit Shah praised the release of the book, calling it “a matter of abundant joy" as the NDA government marks 11 years in power.

Shah also emphasised that the book provides a profound analysis of India’s legal transformation under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership, highlighting the sweeping reforms that have reshaped the nation’s legislative landscape.

Long before the rise of the Harappan civilisation, the vast expanses of the Kachchh region in Gujarat were home to thriving prehistoric hunter-gatherer communities. A recent study by researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN), in collaboration with experts from IIT Kanpur (IITK), Inter University Accelerator Centre (IUAC) Delhi, and Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) Ahmedabad, has uncovered compelling archaeological evidence that pushes back the human presence in this region by at least five thousand years before the arrival of the Harappans.

These early communities inhabited a mangrove-dominated landscape and relied on shell species (both bivalves like oysters and gastropods), naturally adapted to such environments, as a significant food source. “While British surveyors had previously noted shell accumulations in the area, these were not recognised as shell-midden sites, the heaps of discarded shells from human consumption,” explained Prof VN Prabhakar, an Associate Professor at the Archaeological Science Centre in the department of Earth Sciences at IITGN and lead investigator of the study. “Our study is the first to identify these sites, confirm their cultural significance, and establish a chronological context.”

Economist S. Mahendra Dev has been appointed the new chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM), a person informed about the development said. Dev, till Thursday an independent director with Axis Bank, will take charge of the position on Friday, said the person, who spoke on condition of not being named.

Earlier in the day, Axis Bank informed stock exchanges that Dev had resigned from its board owing to his appointment as chairman of the EAC-PM, which is a full-time position.

EAC-PM did not have a full-time chairman since last November, when its first chairman Bibek Debroy passed away. NITI Aayog vice chairman Suman Bery has been holding the additional charge of EAC-PM since then.

Star Indian spin bowler Piyush Chawla has officially retired from all forms of Cricket. After a 20-year professional career, Chawla made the announcement of retirement from international and domestic Cricket through his social media page.

The 36-year-old played three Tests, 25 ODIs and seven T20Is, with his last appearance for India coming back in 2012 at the T20 World Cup in Sri Lanka. Moreover, Chawla was part of the winning Indian squad during the 2007 ICC T20 World Cup and then 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup. The BCCI also thanked Chawla for a memorable career in a social media post.